“It’s just a dance to you because you don’t go into these places where the students are dealing with underserved schools, lack of music in schools, dealing with gun violence, dealing with the NYPD or the NYPD gang if you want to call them that, so you’re not there dealing with all of this, so that’s why this is not just a dance.”

“If you’re really looking for racism, don’t look in your front lawns, don’t look so much at your job or in your colleges, because 50 years ago, racism was clear. It was a burning cross in someone’s front lawn . . . But now it’s blanketed in America, it’s disguised.”

“I had actually originally participated and made my own version of the ‘Harlem Shake’ video, and it was after this at which point I started reading online . . . where I actually learned about the authentic Harlem Shake.”

“If any White person is not paying attention, we’re probably appropriating. This is not an isolated event. Appropriation is happening in countless different ways. When I’m talking about appropriation, I’m specifically talking about people of power and privilege appropriating things from cultures that are not theirs.”